Story and Photography by Eric Lusk

The United Way’s Inagural Power of The Purse, hosted by the United Way of South Central Tennessee’s Women United, was recently held at The Fountains of Gateway in Murfreesboro. Sponsored by Pinnacle Financial Partners, hundreds of ladies from throughout the area gathered for this fun morning that helped raise over $8,500 to support early childhood development in South Central Tennessee.

Other sponsors included Dr. Gloria Bonner, Deborah Thompson with Connect Leadership Coaching, First Horizon Bank and Dawn Tyus Realty. The organization was also very grateful to their in-kind sponsors: The Avenue, Sheryl Chesnutt, Beth Dempsey, Dillard’s, e.Allen, Beverly Keel, Liz McPhee, The Moving Canvass, NaSah’s Nail Salon, Peddler Interior & Gifts, Rhonda Shaw, SRM Concrete, Carolyn Tumbleson, Lori Williams and Latonya Wynne.

For more information, please visit www.yourlocaluw.org.